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In true Ask fashion, we’ve got the answers (well…not complete answers) to what the most popular questions were on Ask.com during the year. According to Ask.com, visitors are three times more likely to type search queries in the form of a question. Holding steady at 50 million visits per month (October 2009, ComScore), question based searches continue to grow year over year on Ask. Falling in line with the most popular searches on other engines, questions surrounding the economic crisis and financial stability were among the popular categories, but it was the celebrity rumors that created the most comic relief in the search stimulus package. Searchers were feverishly fighting off symptoms of the Swine Flu, while trying to get answers on a number of health and fitness issues. Popular question categories unique to Ask.com include the most popular searches on Ask Kids, and likely from the Ask.com / Nascar partnership. Ask.com’s Top Overall Questions of 2009
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People ask friends and followers lots of questions on Twitter. Now a new service called Replyz is making it easy to find all the questions being asked, answers being given and provides a platform allowing anyone to participate in question-answering on Twitter in an organized manner. It offers much to searchers and search marketers, alike. Replyz is in a semi-private beta. Anyone can try it if they enter via a “conversation link,” which I’ll explain at the end of this article. The service mines Twitter for tweets that seem question-related, such as those containing terms like:
does anyone know where can i can someone who is what are
It’s fascinating to watch the live stream of questions that come pouring in: But Replyz is more than a voyeur service. It’s designed to help anyone ask questions or give answers beyond their existing social network on Twitter. Answer Anyone’s Questions For example, consider this person who asked his Twitter network about … [Read more...] about See The Questions People Are Asking On Twitter

Apple’s Siri search feature for the iPhone 4S thinks the Nokia Lumia 900 is the best phone ever? Actually, it’s Wolfram Alpha that thinks this, based on all of four user reviews. While it’s a chuckle that Siri seemed to be recommending the Nokia, it’s a better reminder that Siri itself doesn’t answer questions but provides answers from others. Indeed, that’s why the Nokia Lumia itself arguably recommends the iPhone and Android. We’ve been here before, such last December, when Apple was accused of preventing Siri from finding abortion clinics. Actually, that was largely down to abortion clinics themselves not calling themselves that, as my post from last year explains: Why Siri Can’t Find Abortion Clinics & How It’s Not An Apple Conspiracy. Say What, Siri? What’s going on now? It seems to have started with WMPoweruser, a Windows Phone site, which published a screenshot showing how Siri, when asked “What’s the … [Read more...] about Apple Siri’s Recommending Nokia? Then Nokia’s Recommending Android & iPhone, I Guess

I put together this post and findings as a result of my previous experiment about content syndication on LinkedIn, Medium, and your site. Here are those results. From link building and SEO to gifs and Instagram, I’ve had a blast writing for Search Engine Journal (SEJ) every month for the past six months. And, more than 20+ articles later, I’ve been looking for new ways to gain more engagement on my old articles. What began as a curious experiment has grown into an ongoing content marketing distribution strategy for myself and, hopefully, SEJ. In the beginning, I had a lot to learn about how to syndicate content on Medium and LinkedIn. It’s hard growing an audience. There is a lot of work involved. And, you have to have the right kind of content for each platform. The truth is, I still continue to learn new things about how to best repurpose my content — all of which I’m excited to share with you. In this post, I’m happy to share some of my … [Read more...] about How I Increased Pageviews by 34% with Content Syndication

Just like you, I read all of those blog posts about how to get more Twitter followers. And while these articles all contain great, actionable advice, I definitely acquired a lot of my Twitter followers by accident. Seriously. So without further ado, let me share with you how I accidentally started acquiring Twitter followers, and how you can adapt these methods to start getting followers on purpose. 1.) I Mentioned My Location – How I got more Twitter followers When I started my Twitter account at the end of college, one of the first accounts that I followed was my college’s account. One afternoon I mentioned that it was a glorious day in Naperville at North Central College. The account replied to me, retweeted me, and all of a sudden I had a slew of Naperville-based businesses and Naperville-centric accounts following me. How you can do this on purpose: Even if you’re an internet-based business, you still live and work somewhere. Connect with your local businesses … [Read more...] about Oops! 7 Ways I Accidentally Got More Twitter Followers (and how you can too)